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TRR (teenager recommended read)

feeling excited to teach this book again :-)

“In the end, hands will come up, first testing their own strength on the air, in gestures to illustrate their words, and then they will roam to companions' arms, to their backs and shoulders, patting and encouraging them. These will in fact be gestures of love. This fraternizing by way of hands and backs is not intrusive; it's a kind of dance” (44).

this one pays homage to the true weirdos 🙏 neurodivergent representation!

if this woman wrote cereal box text i would read it

did someone say queer YA with CMBYN vibes written by the author of the invention of hugo cabret 👀

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happy national poetry month!!! read some poetry!!

teaching is reading a book to prepare to teach it and then three weeks later rereading it as you are teaching it. this is the latter

i do appreciate that they make friends by being curious about the fellow sitting in the garden (specifically the collard patch) next door. and then they holler across the fence at him. lightly tease each other. get him to crawl under the fence to join them . friendship

in the name of teaching 🕊️📖

*moment of silence* that’s all. i can’t summarize what i’ve experienced so far. fffffffucking brilliant. fffffffffucking beautiful . tearing up

another year, another hanif abdurraqib book!!! very excited. his books have been in my top 10 books the last two years. thank you, mr abdurraqib 🙏

Teaching The Children!!! 🏡

the little madison inside of me has been FIENDING for this for years… 💅 … i wonder why it took so long? had to be strategic…?

it’s read a self help book winter. emily and i have decided. this one was leant to me by, believe it or not, a fellow teacher!

#donnatarttwinter

reading the book i am teaching… probably a good idea

i so desperately need jenny slate right now

1st brandy sandy

an emily t recommendation!

been meaning to reread this for a while… is it time… like 10 pages in and already collapsing in on myself from the depth of tenderness conveyed by these words. bravo, benjamin alire sáenz. thrilled thrilled thrilled to be reading this!!!

unhinged women time 🥳

reading for substitute teaching gig this week 🫡

rereading in the name of workplace book club!! can she finish it by next tuesday… we shall seeeeee

i’m on an Emily-T-l-Recommended-This reading kick

“he says green is a big terrain, you know, about the soft green nets, so what color— frog or lentil or emerald or lima bean or lily pad or pine needle or grass?” (223).
i am enjoying this.

an Emily T recommendation!!! you know it’s about to get w w w w w w weeeeiiiirddddd weird wwwweeeiiirrrddddd!!!! weird!

it’s Poet Memoir season… happy poetry month, y’all 🤠

third time’s the charm… in the name of… content… knowledge…